{mosimage}Finally Nightwish´s new album, featuring their new singer, the Swedish Anette Olzon, is out in the streets. Worse or better than in the old era? Nightwish´s Dark Passion Play has been finally released, and the comparisons between the new singer, Anette Olzon, and the previous one, the charismatic Tarja Turunen, are impossible to avoid. Is […]
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{mosimage}The charismatic ex-leader and guitar player of Dire Straits, owner of an almost unpronounceable surname, is back with his fifth solo album. We are not going to discover at this point the great musical and composing skills of Mark Knopfler, a man whose legend as creator of melodies for Dire Straits as well as scoring […]
{mosimage}Re-release in DVD in Finland of the classic show offered by Yes in Amsterdam during their tour in 2001, when they fulfilled their dream of playing together with an orchestra. It seems that symphonic rock is living a new golden era with new generations and old fans rediscovering the mega bands that reached fame at […]
{mosimage} "The atmosphere was amazing! When I was playing, it felt like I was playing to my friends – the crowd was really responsive and we were all riding a wave upon which the distinction between performer and audience melted away," L.R. Phoenix says of the first Floating Cockroach alt.blues festival, held on the restaurant […]
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She’s not an idols star
{mosimage}Janita is one of the most sensual Finnish singers. A teenage star in Finland, she moved to New York when she was 17. During eleven years there, Janita has built a solid career based on an elegant R&B of soulful and jazzy sounds. While on holidays in Helsinki, the singer took a bit of time […]
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A quick q&a with Martti Vainaa
{mosimage}Martti Vainaa & Sallitut Aineet. This pop band went big with the song Pelimies. Even The Smurfs covered this hit. Moving towards a disco direction, the band released last May a new single, Toinen Nainen, and prepares a new album for this autumn. What's the background of the band? Where did you guys meet and […]
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Lauri’s ethnic futuristic rock’n’roll
{mosimage}Lauri Tähkä and Elonkerjuu are definitely a fresh band with a very personal style, rooted deeply in their native South Ostrobothnia region, different from most of the others that wander the Finnish rock and roll music scene. On the 19th of September they release their new album, Tuhannen Riemua. With the first single, Hetkeksi ei […]
{mosimage}Asia, the progressive rock super band from the eighties is back with its four original members in a DVD that celebrates the 25th anniversary of the release of their first and acclaimed album Asia. The release of the album Asia provoked a lot of controversy among the followers of progressive rock. For many, it was […]
{mosimage}In 1979, Black Sabbath fired Ozzy Osbourne and replaced him with Ronnie James Dio. As the history has proved, this turned to be a very fortunate incident. Ozzy started a tremendously successful solo career and Black Sabbath revitalized itself, updating its sound and recording with Dio two studio albums (Heaven and Hell and Mob Rules) […]
{mosimage}With no break Chris Cornell left Audioslave and resumed his solo career with a new album (Carry On), a hit (You Know My Name, from the Bond movie) and a new tour. Last week, Cornell and his band stopped in Helsinki and offered a two-hour career-spanning show at two thirds full ice hockey arena. I […]
{mosimage}The story starts close to a river, at a crossroad. This time it's not the Mississippi (next to which "Honeyboy" Edwards came to this world 92 years ago) but the river Emajõgi in Tartu, the second most important city of Estonia, and I am not waiting for a young Ralph Macchio to go challenge the […]
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Just fucking love, beer and vampires!
{mosimage} These wise words are thrown at the Finnish audience by Fernando Ribeiro, the front man of the gothic metal band Moonspell, during last Tuska festival in Helsinki. The Portuguese singer is, apart from an excellent showman who knows how to encourage the public, an interesting character who splits the time between his band and […]
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That punk on TV
{mosimage}Henry Rollins is one of the most active characters I have ever interviewed. He has done almost everything in the show business, from singing in a hardcore band to writing poetry, acting and touring as a stand-up comedian. Nowadays he hosts a talk show on independent American TV. This summer, YLE Teema brings to Finland […]
{mosimage}The equally beloved and hated Finnish band is back with possibly the most internationally awaited Finnish album (with permission of Nightwish) of the year. Venus Doom is the sixth studio album for the band from Helsinki. And His Infernal Majesty comes with a stronger and dirtier sound than the previous one Dark Light, due in […]
{mosimage}Moneybrother (aka Anders Wendin) is the latest rock star in Sweden. His latest album Mount Pleasure reached the top of the charts in the neighboring country this summer. No surprise here. This is a very fine album, a good collection of catchy songs and sweet melodies. The artwork, featuring Anders Wendin looking straight at the […]